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====a. present perfect. (Have you finished the painting?) past + present: summing up (<i>faire le bilan</i>)==== | ====a. present perfect. (Have you finished the painting?) past + present: summing up (<i>faire le bilan</i>)==== | ||
====b. causative/medio-passive (Have him come to my office when he gets here.)==== | ====b. causative/medio-passive (Have him come to my office when he gets here.)==== | ||
− | ===4. get=== | + | ===4. get (semi-auxiliary)=== |
====a. get + -ed: dynamic (middle) voice (The BNP is getting fined.)==== | ====a. get + -ed: dynamic (middle) voice (The BNP is getting fined.)==== | ||
====b. get + -ing: inceptive (They got the ball rolling.)==== | ====b. get + -ing: inceptive (They got the ball rolling.)==== | ||
+ | =II. Substantive= | ||
+ | ==A. Nominals== | ||
+ | ===1. Nouns=== | ||
+ | ====a. singular / plural, no gender==== | ||
+ | s / z / iz | ||
+ | ====b. countability==== | ||
+ | ====c. determination==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==B. Adjectivals== |
Revision as of 10:52, 2 June 2014
Contents
[hide]I. Verb
A. Participles -ing, -ed / -en
1. Describing what is happening
2. Describing what has happened
3. Describing what often happens
See I.B.4 et I.B.4a
B. Verbal base.
1. Commands / Imperative (Order the pizza.)
2. Following modal verbs (We could order a pizza.)
3. Following "to" (I want you to order the pizza.)
4. Describing what often happens (I often order a pizza for lunch on Thursdays.)
a. the 3rd person s / z / iz
C. Auxiliaries
1. do
a. interaction with the negative adverb not. No, I (don't / do not) want to do more work.
b. asking questions about states of mind... (do you know, do you like, do you think, do you want to...)
2. be
a. be + -ing (present imperfect)
b. be + -en (passive voice)
3. have
a. present perfect. (Have you finished the painting?) past + present: summing up (faire le bilan)
b. causative/medio-passive (Have him come to my office when he gets here.)
4. get (semi-auxiliary)
a. get + -ed: dynamic (middle) voice (The BNP is getting fined.)
b. get + -ing: inceptive (They got the ball rolling.)
II. Substantive
A. Nominals
1. Nouns
a. singular / plural, no gender
s / z / iz